Your teacher is Dr Karin Sowada from the Department of Ancient History at Macquarie University.

Pyramids, mummies, and Tutankhamun are familiar to us as the defining images of ancient Egyptian culture. However, Egypt of the pharaohs has a long history, stretching back into a shadowy era of prehistory over 5000 years ago. This was a time when writing first emerged and the religious and political foundations of kingship and the state were established.